Parkers - 40 Years

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S: 4 Decades in Review

FC: 4 DECADES IN REVIEW

1: Who knew in the summer of 1971, when you heard a strange noise outside your window and Noelene opened your door only to find your neighbor's 3 year old niece pounding the side of your new home with a rock, that it would be the beginning of a beautiful friendship which would span 40 years - and still counting!! We have shared many emotions during that time . . . laughter, celebration, elation, hopes, dreams, and tears, but most of all love. Whether we talk and see each other every day, or not for months at a time, we always pick up where we left off without skipping a beat. That, Marty and Chuck, is the test of true friendship. The pictures in this book are just a sampling of the good times we have shared.. May there be many more in the decades to come. Enjoy!!

2: "Friends are like fudge ... mostly sweet with a few nuts."

3: MAKING MEMORIES

4: Thanks Dr. A. !!

5: What a great vacation this was...totally relaxing and the perfect getaway! | "The friends we meet on the path of life make the trip worth while."

6: so many | Each memory we keep with care means future happiness to share.

7: LIVE WELL LAUGH OFTEN LOVE MUCH

9: Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them into wonderful memories. | Big Cat Rescue Tampa, Florida

10: B F F

13: I was so touched, Marty, when you told me you wanted to treat Lisa's girls to a special mini getaway each summer when they came to visit us in Ohio. I knew it was your way of feeling closer to her.

14: Summer Time Fun With The Grandkids !

16: HAPPY BIRTHDAY

18: Some of the happiest tears we have shared over the years, were at the Toledo airport when Troy returned home safely from Desert Storm.

19: And then what seemed like a blink of an eye later, his commissioning and graduation from BGSU.

20: Party Time !! | from "crazy and wild"....

21: ....to "restful and mild"

22: CELEBRATIONS

23: { | { | L O V E

25: A L A S K A

26: A final montage of memories

27: One of my earliest and fondest memories isn't chronicled in this book. I guess back in the 70's, we were more interested in living life for the moment rather than taking pictures to recall experiences 30 or 40 years down the road. It was our first trip to the newly opened Salt Fork State Park. We made it as far as east Toledo and Popoff's Restaurant before the party began. I recall several hours and many hot peppers and beers later, driving up the long road to the lodge around midnight, and then proceeding to have one of the best weekends of our lives. Marty. . . you have given me several inspiring books over the years about friendship. There is a quote in one of them, "Always a Friend", that truly applies to the four of us: As gold more splendid from the fire appears, thus friendship brightens by the length of years. Thank you both for brightening our lives over the last 4 decades. We love you. Linda and Gary